Cloudflare Architect

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Location:

US Remote

Duration:
Full Time

Cloudflare Architect with Akamai Migration Expertise (Job Description) – C1 Architect

Basic Knowledge Required

• Clear understanding of OSI Model, TCP/IP stack, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, and application delivery concepts.
• Strong knowledge of CDN architectures, caching technologies, traffic routing, SSL/TLS, and web application security principles.
• Good understanding of Akamai Property Manager, Akamai CDN services, Kona WAF, and Cloudflare CDN & WAF offerings.
• Knowledge of application architecture, origin infrastructure, load balancing, and network security concepts.
• Familiarity with traffic analysis, packet capture tools, and troubleshooting methodologies.

Work Experience

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in CDN, WAF, application delivery, and web application security technologies.
• Minimum 3 years of hands‑on experience with Cloudflare CDN and WAF implementations.
• Strong experience in Akamai to Cloudflare migration assessments, architecture design, and migration planning.
• Experience in designing Cloudflare architectures, migration strategies, cutover approaches, and rollback methodologies.
• Experience working with enterprise‑scale web applications, CDN optimization, and WAF security controls.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment and architecture design activities for migrating applications from Akamai to Cloudflare.
• Define target‑state CDN and WAF architecture, migration strategy, and implementation approach.
• Review and map Akamai configurations to equivalent Cloudflare services and capabilities.
• Provide technical governance, architecture reviews, migration oversight, and stakeholder guidance.
• Support cutover planning, risk mitigation, stabilization, and knowledge transfer activities.

• Design and develop enterprise cyber security strategy and architecture.
• Understand security requirements by evaluating business strategies and conducting system security vulnerability and risk analyses.
• Identify risks associated with business processes, operations, information security programs and technology projects.
• Identify risks associated with business processes, operations, information security programs and technology projects.
• Identify and communicate current and emerging security threats and design security architecture elements to mitigate threats as they emerge.
• Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements.
• Provide product best fit analysis to ensure end to end security covering different faucets of architecture e.g. Layered security, Zoning, Integration aspects, API, Endpoint security, Data security, Compliance and regulations.
• Demonstrate experience in doing security assessment against NIST Frameworks, SANS, CIS, etc.
• Provide support during technical deployment, configuration, integration and administration of security technologies.
• Demonstrate experience around ITIL or Key process‑oriented domains like incident management, configuration management, change management, problem management etc.
• Provide assistance for disaster recovery in the event of any security breaches, attacks,…